Norma Nelson

**** *** ***** *****

Tucker, GA. **084

acpnzr@r.postjobfree.com

770-***-****

Education

*/** – 12/01 Bay Path College, Long Meadow, MA

Certificate in Interior Design

Knowledge of 3D Home Architect and Auto CAD 2000

8/91 – 5/93 Gateway Community Technical College, North Haven, CT

A.S., Mechanical Engineering

9/81 – 6/85 Eli Whitney Technical School, Hamden, CT

Certificate in Machine Drafting

Work Experience

01/12 – present 3M, Atlanta, GA

Troubleshooter / Machine Operator

• Ability to operate all designated equipment and trains other employees on

machinery.

• Direct a crew to meet the production and process goals for company

demands.

• Perform adjustments, setups, troubleshooting and changeovers for

manufacturing equipment to produce material within limits specified in the

manufacturing standards or customer requests. Conduct process testing

including documentation of SPC and other critical parameters. Make routine

tests, observes, charts, and determine when process is complete.

• Accurately maintain shift production and equipment status through process

documentation systems.

• Read and accurately interpret plant specification for processes and products.

Perform line audits to support accurate inventor controls.

• Practiced Lean Principles, 5S, safety regulations and participated in

continuous improvement projects.

11/04 – 4/11 Pratt Whitney, East Hartford, CT (United Technology Corp.)

Coatings Processor / Troubleshooter

• Set up and operate a variety of state-of-the-art, numerically-controlled

coating equipment to process production, overhaul and developmental

turbine engine parts.

• Under direction of supervisor or working leader, work from verbal, written

or computer-generated instructions to apply advanced coatings, using a

variety of coating equipment and media. Prepare coating mixtures in

accordance with required specifications to meet quality requirements. Run

test pieces to determine acceptability of parts and coating equipment set up.

Used specialized measuring instruments and/or gages to check work; make

adjustments necessary to maintain quality.

• Troubleshoot and diagnose malfunctioning coating equipment in

assigned area. Perform repairs of some complexity, involving mechanical,

hydraulic, pneumatic or vacuum systems on coating equipment. Utilize

technical and service manuals, schedule requirements, engineering and MCL

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Norma Nelson

1005 Oak Chase Drive

Tucker, GA. 30084

acpnzr@r.postjobfree.com

770-***-****

data, to maintain and repair a variety of tooling and special purpose

equipment, and to process parts through advanced coating operations.

• Work from quality review and corrective work documents, or other similar

instructions, to rework or repair coated parts, adapting existing or modified

tooling, methods and techniques as required.

• Work on special assignments to assist engineers and others to develop

new or changed operations, which could include tryout and editing of control

tapes/programs and new tooling tryout. Programs used ISO 9001 and 17025.

Make recommendations for changing and improving operating parameters

and processes. Work with others in efforts to modify, install and repair

coating equipment in assigned area. Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen

principles practiced.

1/97 – 11/04 UTC Fuel Cells, South Windsor, CT (United Technology Corp.)

Material Processor / Supervisor

Plan and perform a variety of duties to order, receive, store, issue and

transport parts, tools, equipment and material to support operations utilizing

available part tracking and material inventory systems. Operate equipment

and vehicles to perform a variety of material inventory systems. Operate

equipment and vehicles to perform a variety of material movement functions

which may include interstate transportation of products and materials

requiring a commercial driver’s license for vehicles, other than tractor-trailer

vehicles over 26,000 pounds rating, including buses and placarded vehicles.

Operate heavy duty equipment to move and position tooling, material, and

parts as required.

• Follow established methods and procedures to perform all aspects of

materials processing.

• Receive, store and issue parts, materials and supplies, which may

involve utilization of automated systems and applicable computer programs

to enter, retrieve and store information.

• May be required to operate a variety of materials handling equipment for

assigned area.

• Select best method to load, unload, separate and secure materials to be

transported, delivered or setup using available equipment following

guidelines and specific government regulations.

• Make sure all government regulations pertaining to hazardous materials

movement are followed.

• Perform pre and post trip vehicle inspection following standardized

format noting any damage or irregularities to vehicle and reporting

information to dispatch or supervision for disposition.

• Work on special projects within scope and skill level of this job in support

of materials processing activity.

• Perform routine servicing throughout assigned area following specified

procedures and written instructions such as operator’s checklist and to

assure equipment operates properly.

• Knowledge of Microsoft 2000 Word, Excel, Outlook, and J.D. Edwards.

• Work from operation sheets and other detailed instructions to perform

routine fabrication, assembly, machining and finishing operations for

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Norma Nelson

1005 Oak Chase Drive

Tucker, GA. 30084

acpnzr@r.postjobfree.com

770-***-****

assigned area and assist others to process parts through fabrication

equipment, obtain and prepare processing material, make adjustments and

check parts for conformance to specifications.

• Use a variety and special purpose tools to perform the work required to

prepare details for joining using a variety of cleaning and treatment

processes and assist with assembly of components, insulation and finishing

of subassemblies.

• Combine and mix various ingredients to make sure that process

solutions meet specifications.

• Perform routine servicing throughout the assigned area following

specified procedures and written instructions such as operator’s checklist for

upkeep and to assure equipment operates properly.

• Assist others responsible for new equipment or changed part process

tryout, repair and other specialized assignments within the scope and skill

level of this job description.

5/94 – 11/96 Fuel Cell Manufacturing Corp., Torrington, CT

Process Engineer, R&D Technician

Work with a dedicated team to improve quality, productivity and simplicity for

processes used to manufacture fuel cells, plus the ability to use electronically

controlled equipment and precision measuring tools. This includes heat-treating

furnaces, hydraulic press operations, power mixing and spreading, tape casting,

laminating presses, and rolling equipment, sheet metal forming, welding,

assembly, machine shop operations, press brakes, blueprint reading and

statistical process control. Knowledge of CAD and Windows ‘95.

Activities Physical fitness, reading, and entertaining.

References Available upon request.

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